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Call It What It Is: America Is a Police State Brandon Turbeville This blog includes all the latest as it relates to this topic... Over the years in my own articles, I have used the terms “creeping fascism,” “growing police state,” and “descent into...

We charge straight into today’s collections of headlines about politics, economics, and the environment — plus the latest episode of Fukushimapocalypse Now! — starting ewith a pathetic news from the Guardian IMF chief says banks haven...

While I’m sure that Syria has been on the lips of many a rabbi this High Holiday season, I’ll be honest with you: I’ve struggled with whether or not to give that sermon this year. Not because I don’t consider it to be an issue...

January 25 – Governor Rauner gave his third State of the State Address Wednesday.  Below is the full speech. Good afternoon: President Cullerton, Speaker Madigan, Leader Radogno, Leader Durkin, Lieutenant Governor Sanguinetti, Attorney General Madigan...

Click here for reuse options! Without adequate funding, the new reforms may cause problems of their own. This article appears in the Fall 2016 issue of The American Prospect magazine.Subscribe here. On a Friday morning in early September, all the...